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Read It Yourself 
Stories 


By 

JESSIE A. HARRIS 

First Grade Teacher 
and 

LILLIAN M. EDMONDS 

Second Grade Teacher 
Connellsville {Pa.) Public Schools 



. Illustrated by 


LUDWIG and REGINA 



BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 

CHICAGO 




Copyright, 1930, by 
BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 


Printed in the United States of America 

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©CIA 32195 


Contents 

PAGE 

Going to School.... 7 

In School. , 10 

Their First Lesson . . . 12 

Black Cat and the Bird . . 16 

Black Rat and the Cat . . 18 

Miss Lolly Pop and the Cat . 20 

The Rat and the King . . 22 

The Story of Hen Pen . . 24 

Mother Pig’s House ... 26 
The Three Little Mice . . 30 

The Mouse and the Bag of Gold 36 
The Soft Soap Man ... 40 

The Toy Shop .... 46 

The Magic Whistle ... 52 

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The Chocolate Soldier . . 57 


Six Ducks.64 

Soft Soap Man’s Ride . . 68 

Big Lion and Little Mouse . 75 

Polly’s Tea Party . . . 79 

Gingerbread Dog and Pepper¬ 
mint Cat .... 82 

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater . 88 

The Death of Cock Robin . 95 

Santa’s Visit .... 101 

Bunny Long Ears . . . 107 

Two Little Squirrels . . .116 

A Rainy Day .... 122 

The Last Day of School . . 128 


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Going to School 

Nut Cracker and Sugar Dolly 
were going to school. 

On the way 

they met Marjory Daw 
and Simple Simon. 


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“Where are you going?” 
said Marjory Daw. 

“We are going to school,” 
said Nut Cracker. 

When they came 

to the school yard, 

Marjory Daw said, 

“Let us play Seesaw.” 

So they played Seesaw. 

“Where is our teacher?” 
asked Simple Simon. 

“Here I am,” said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“Let us march.” 

So they marched into school. 





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In School 


“Good morning,” 

said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“Are you all here?” 

“I am,” said Marjory Daw. 
“So am I,” said Sugar Dolly. 


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‘Tin here, too,” said Nut Cracker. 
“Don’t you see me?” 

said Simple Simon. 

“Oh, yes,” said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“I see you. 

Come and sit near me. 

What would you like to play?” 

“Let us play ‘Cat and Mouse,’” 
they all said. 

So they played Cat and Mouse. 
Then they went to their seats. 

“Now get your hats,” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“It is time to go home.” 


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Their First Lesson 

“Let us sing 

‘Hey, Diddle, Diddle/ ” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

So they sang 

“Hey, Diddle, Diddle.” 

“Let us sing another song,” 
said the children. 

“No,” said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“I will tell you a story.” 

“Once upon a time 

Dish was out playing, 
Spoon was out playing, 
Cow was out playing, too. 


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“ ‘Let us run/ ” said Dish. 

“ ‘No, let us jump/ ” said Cow. 
“Just then Cat and Dog came by. 
Cat said, ‘I will play my fiddle. 
Then you can danced ” 

“So Cat played his fiddle. 

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The Cow jumped over the moon. 
The little Dog laughed 
to see such sport. 

And the Dish ran away 
with the Spoon.” 

“Good, good,” they all said. 


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“Let us play it.” 

So Miss Lolly Pop 
let them play it. 

Nut Cracker and Sugar Dolly 

were the Dish and the Spoon. 

Marjory Daw was the Cat. 

Simple Simon said, 

“I want to be the Cow 

so I can jump over the moon.” 

“Well done,” said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“That is all for to-day. 

Put things away. 

And now, little children, 

Good day.” 


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Black Cat and the Bird 

Black Cat lived with Marjory Daw. 
One day Black Cat ran away. 

He ran and ran 

till he met Little Bird. 

“Good morning, Little Bird,” 
said Black Cat. 


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“Oh, what a fine dinner 
I shall have! 

Come and play with me,” 
said Black Cat. 

“Oh, no, Black Cat,” 
said Little Bird. 

“You would eat me. 

I will not play with you, 
but I will sing for you.” 

Just then Tommy Tinker’s dog 
came by. 

Black Cat saw the dog, 
and away she ran, 
as fast as she could. 


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Black Rat and the Cat 

Black Rat lived in the cellar. 

He did not like the cellar. 

So he went up to the kitchen. 

On the kitchen floor 
were some crumbs. 

Black Rat said, 

“I will eat the crumbs.” 

The Maid saw Black Sat. 

She ran for the Cat. , 

The Cat said, 

“What a fine dinner I shall have!” 

But Black Rat said, 

“No, you wiR not!” and ran away. 


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Miss Lolly Pop and the Cat 

Miss Lolly Pop went for a walk 
Black Cat went for a walk, too. 
Black Cat saw a nest in a tree. 
He said, 

“I will look into the nest. 


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I will see if I can find a bird.” 


So he went to the tree. 

He climbed and climbed, 

till he came to the nest. 

He saw a bird in the nest. 

“Oh, what a fine dinner!” he said. 

Just then Miss Lolly Pop 
saw Black Cat. 

She ran to the tree. 

She caught him by the tail. 

“Meow, meow! let me go!” 
cried Black Cat. 

Miss Lolly Pop let him go, 
and away he ran. 


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The Rat and the King 

Once there was a Rat. 

He was a Big Rat, too. 

He lived in the King’s house. 

One day Big Rat 

came to the King. 

“What do you want?” 
said the King. 

“0 King, I want something 
to eat,” said Big Rat. 

“Go away, Big Rat, go away!” 
said the King. 

But Big Rat 

would not go away. 


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Then the King called Black Cat. 
He said, “Here is Big Rat. 

Eat him!” 

But Big Rat ran away. 

Black Cat ran after Big Rat, 
but could not find him. 


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The Story of Hen Pen 

Hen Pen lived in a barn. 

She had a nest in the hay. 

One day she went for a walk. 

While she was gone, 

Little Boy Blue 
came to the barn 
to look for eggs. 

He could not find any eggs. 

So-he fell asleep 
in the hay. 

Hen Pen came back 
to the nest. 

She saw Boy Blue. 


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Boy Blue was asleep in the hay 


Hen Pen said, 

“Run home, little Boy Blue, 
run home! 

I have no eggs for you to-day. 


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Mother Pig’s House 

Father Pig and Mother Pig 
lived in a pen. 

Mother Pig did not like the pen. 
Father Pig said, 

“I will make you a house.” 

So he went to get the wood. 

On the way he met Peter Rabbit. 
“How do you do, Father Pig? 
Where are you going?” 
asked Peter Rabbit. 

“Mother Pig does not like her pen,” 
said Father Pig. 

“I am going to make her a house.” 


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“I will help you,” said Peter Rabbit. 
“Very well, come along,” 
said Father Pig. 

By and by they met Ducky Daddies. 
“How do you do, Father Pig?” 
said Ducky Daddies. 


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“Where are you going?” 

“Mother Pig does not like her pen,” 
said Father Pig. 

“I am going to make her a house.” 

“I will help you,” 

said Ducky Daddies. 

“Very well, come along,” 
said Father Pig. 

Soon the house was ready. 

“Oh, what a nice little house!” 
said Mother Pig. 

“Now you shall all 

have a fine dinner.” 

And a fine dinner they had. 


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The Three Little Mice 

Tibs, Fibs and Nibs 

were three little mice. 

They lived in the cellar 
of an old house. 

One day the Maid 

set a trap in the cellar. 

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The mice heard the Maid. 

“We will find a new home,” 
they said. 

So out of the cellar they ran. 

Tibs found a paper sack. 

“This is my house!” he said. 

And into the sack he went. 

Fibs found a nest of hay. 

“This will do for my house!” 
he said. 

And into the hay he went. 

Soon he was fast asleep. 

Nibs was a very wise little mouse. 
He walked and walked. 


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He looked and looked. 

At last he saw 

an old stone wall. 

“This shall be my house!” 
said wise little Nibs. 

And into the stone wall he went. 

Soon Black Cat came 
to Tibs’s house. 

“0 Tibs!” called Black Cat, 
“come out for a walk.” 

“Not to-day, Black Cat, 
not to-day!” said Tibs. 

Then Black Cat put in her paw 
and caught Tibs. 


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By and by Black Cat came 
to Fibs’s house. 

“0 Fibs!” called Black Cat, 

“come out for a walk.” 

“Not to-day, Black Cat, 
not to-day!” said Fibs. 

Then Black Cat put in her paw 
and caught Fibs. 

At last Black Cat came to Nibs’s 
house in the stone wall. 

“0 Nibs!” called Black Cat, 
“come out for a walk.” 

“Very well,” said Nibs. 

“I will come when I am ready.” 


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Black Cat sat on tfcie wall 
and waited anrd waited. 

“Mew, mew! Are you ready, Nibs?” 

asked Black Cat. 

“Not yet,” said- Nibs. 

“Are you ready now?” 
said Bk^k Cat. 

“No,” said Nibs. “I am not.” 
“Well, then,” said Black Cat, 

“I am coming in!” 

Black Cat tried and tried to get in. 
She called and called to Nibs. 

But Nibs did ‘.not hear her. 

He was fast asleep. 


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The Mouse amd the Bag of Gold 

Squeak was a little mouse. 

He lived with his s Father 

and Mother, in\ a httle house. 

One day Father Mouse 
went out to get them 
some dinner. 

But he fell into a trap 
and never came back.. 

Then Mother Mouse 

had to work very h?j,rd. 

It made Squeak very sad 
to see his Mother 
working so hard. 


He said, “I will go 

and seek my fortune.” 

So one day he said good-by 
to his Mother. 

And off he went 

to seek his fortune. 

On the way he met Sniff Snuff. 

“Hello, Squeak,” said Sniff Snuff. 

“Where are you going?” 

“I am going to seek my fortune,” 
said Squeak. 

“Let me come, too,” 
said Sniff Snuff. 

“Come along,” said Squeak. 


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So they walked along 

until they met Greedy Rat. 

“Take me with you,” 
said Greedy Rat. 

“No, indeed!” said Squeak. 

Then they ran and ran, 

until they came to the river. 

Greedy Rat ran after them. 

He pushed Squeak into the river. 

Down, down, went Squeak, 

until he came to the bottom 
of the river. 

There he found a bag of gold! 

He called Sniff Snuff. 


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Sniff Snuff helped Squeak 
out of the water. 

They took the bag of gold 
and went home. 

Squeak gave the bag of gold 
to his Mother, 

And she never had to work 
so hard again. 


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The Soft Soap Man 

Once there was a Soft Soap Man. 

He lived in a little house 
on the top of a hill. 

One day he said, 

“I will take a ride 
on my Rolling Pin.” 

So he took a ride 

on his Rolling Pin. 

He rolled down the hill. 

He rolled and rolled and rolled. 

While he was gone 

Raggedy Man came 
to the house. 


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a wig and a wag 
and a long leather bag 


Raggedy Man opened the door 

and went in. 

There stood Tub. 


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There stood Washboard. 

There stood the Clothes Pins 
all in a row. 

Tub said, 

“What do you want, 

Raggedy Man, with your wig 
and your wag, 

and your long leather bag?” 

“I came to see the Soft Soap 

Man,” said the Raggedy Man. 
“He has gone for a ride 

on his Rolling Pin,” said Tub. 

“Maybe we can help you,” 
said Washboard. 


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“I want to be washed,” 
said the Raggedy Man. 

“And I want to carry some 
soft soap home with me.” 

“Jump in,” said the Tub. 

“I will,” said the Raggedy Man. 

Washboard jumped in, too. 

“Now who will rub?” they asked. 

“I will,” said the Soft Soap Man. 

“I am back from my ride 
on my Rolling Pin 
and I will rub.” 

And he rubbed 

and he rubbed. 


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And he scrubbed 
and he scrubbed. 

Then Clothes Pins hung him up 
to dry. 

At last the Raggedy Man 
was dry. 

“Come now, and take me down,” 
said he. 

“I’m as dry 

as dry can be.” 

They took him down. 

And off he went 

with his wig and his wag, 
and his long leather bag. 


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The Toy Shop 

Once upon a time 

there was a Toy Shop. 
In this Toy Shop 
lived many dolls. 

There were wax dolls. 


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There were china dolls. 

There were dolls from far Japan. 

There were wooden dolls. 

There were paper dolls. 

There were dolls from every land. 

But the doll 

the children loved best 
was the Old Rag Doll. 

One night the dolls 
were all asleep. 

The Fairies came 

to visit the Toy Shop. 

The Fairies said, 

“Oh, see the dolls! 

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Why, they are all asleep! 

Let us sing our song 
and wake them.” 

“Dollies, come! Dollies, come! 

’Tis the hour of playtime. 

Dollies, come away. 

“Dollies, come! Dollies, come! 

Who would wish for daytime? 

Dollies, come and play.” 

Down came the dolls, 

as fast as they could come. 

But Rag Doll did not stop 
to play. 


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She ran out of the door 
and down the street. 
She ran and ran and ran. 


Along came the Tin Soldiers, 
marching in a row. 

They said, 

“Old Rag Doll, 

what are you doing here?” 

“Go away, go away, 

Tin Soldiers!” 
said Old Rag Doll. 

But the Tin Soldiers caught her 
and carried her back 
to the Toy Shop. 


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The Fairies took Old Rag Doll 
and put her to sleep 
in her own little bed. 

Then they thanked the Tin Soldiers 
and gave each one 
a Magic Whistle. 


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The Magic Whistle 

Long, long ago, 

in the window of a Toy Shop, 
stood an Army 
of Tin Soldiers. 

And this is how they looked. 


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Their coats were blue. 

Their trousers were red. 

Each one wore a hat 

on the side of his head. 

And each Soldier 

had his Magic Whistle. 

One day the Captain said, 

“Let us run away from the King.” 

So he blew his Magic Whistle. 

Up went the window, 

and out went the Tin Soldiers! 

They ran and ran 
till they came 
to the corner of the street. 


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There they met a Beggar Boy. 

The Beggar Boy had a bag. 

“Where are you going, 

Tin Soldiers?” 
said the Beggar Boy. 

“We do not want to fight. 

We are running away 
from the King,” 
said the Tin Soldiers. 

The Beggar Boy said, 

“I will put you into my bag, 
and take you to the King.” 

So he put the Tin Soldiers 

into his bag and away he went. 


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“Now what shall we do?” 
asked the Tin Soldiers. 

“Blow your Magic Whistles,” 
said the Captain. 

“Ready—one, two, three, blow!” 

And back in the window 
of the Toy Shop 
stood the Army 
of Tin Soldiers. 

On and on went the Beggar Boy. 

But he never reached 
the King’s Castle. 

Why? 

Well, ask the Tin Soldiers. 


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The Chocolate Soldier 


Once upon a time 

there was a Chocolate Soldier. 

He lived in a Candy Shop. 

One day he said, 

“I want Little Bo Peep 
to eat me.” 

He marched out of the Shop. 

He marched and marched, 

until he met Jack Horner. 

“How do you do?” 
said Jack Horner. 

“Where are you going 
in such a hurry?” 




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“I am going 

to Little Bo Peep’s house/’ 
said the Chocolate Soldier. 

“I want her to eat me.” 

“Oh, let me eat you. 

I like Chocolate Soldiers,” 
said Jack Horner. 

“No, indeed, 

I am too sweet for you. 

I want Little Bo Peep to eat me.” 

So Chocolate Soldier 
marched on and on. 

By and by 

he met Little Miss Muffet. 


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“How do you do, 

Chocolate Soldier ?” 
said Little Miss Muffet. 
“Where are you going 
in such a hurry?” 

“I am going 

to Little Bo Peep’s house,” 
said the Chocolate Soldier. 
“I want her to eat me.” 

“Oh, let me eat you,” 

said Little Miss Muffet. 

“I like Chocolate Soldiers.” 
“No, indeed!” 

said the Chocolate Soldier. 


“You would not like my brown coat. 
I will not let you eat me.” 

He went on and on 

until he met Humpty Dumpty. 
“How do you do?” 

said Humpty Dumpty. 

“Where are you going 
in such a hurry?” 

“I am going 

to Little Bo Peep’s house,” 
said the Chocolate Soldier. 

“I want her to eat me.” 

“Oh, let me eat you!” 

said Humpty Dumpty. 


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“No, indeed!” 

said the Chocolate Soldier. 

“I was made for Little Bo Peep.” 


At last Chocolate Soldier came 
to Little Bo Peep’s house. 


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Chocolate Soldier said, 

“How do you do? 

Will you eat me, 

Little Bo Peep? 

See my brown coat! 

I was made just for you.” 

“Oh, yes, I will eat you, 
Chocolate Soldier,” 
said Bo Peep. 

Little Bo Peep took a bite. 
“Umh, umh! How good!” 
said she. 

Little Bo Peep took another bite. 
Chocolate Soldier was gone! 


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Six Ducks 


Boy Blue had 

six white ducks. 

They were fat ducks, too. 

One duck had a feather 
curled up on his back. 

When the ducks 
saw Boy Blue, 
they said, “Quack, Quack 

But the one 
with the feather 

curled up on his back 
said, “Quack, quack! 
Quack, quack!” 


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One day they found 
some fat bugs. 

Oh, such nice fat bugs! 

“Quack, quack! 

See what we have found!” 
said the ducks. 


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But the one with the feather 
curled up on his back 
said, “Quack, quack! 

Quack, quack!” 

And he ate all 

the nice fat bugs. 

By and by the six white ducks 
came to the river. 

“Quack, quack! 

Look at the water!” 
said the ducks. 

But the one with the feather 
curled up on his back 
did not say, “Quack, quack!” 


He said, “Quack, quack! 

Quack, quack! 

See me swim!” 

And in he went. 

One day Boy Blue’s Mother said, 
“We will have duck for dinner. 

I want the one with the feather 
curled up on his back. 

I am tired of his 
‘Quack, quack! 

Quack, quack!’” 

And that was the end of the duck 
with the feather 
curled up on his back. 


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Soft Soap Man’s Ride 

Once upon a time, 

when Soft Soap Man 
went for a ride 
on his Rolling Pin, 
he met Sammy Soap Suds. 

“Can you find 
a place for me 
on your Rolling Pin?” 
asked Sammy Soap Suds. 

“Jump on,” said Soft Soap Man. 

So Sammy Soap Suds 
jumped on 
and away they went. 


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They rolled along 

until they met a dog. 


“Whose dog are you?” 

said the Soft Soap Man. 

“I am Tommy Tinker’s Dog. 

Bow, wow, wow!” said the Dog. 


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“Just wait, little Dog,” 

said the Soft Soap Man. 

“I will give you a bone.” 

Soft Soap Man looked 

at Rolling Pin, and said, 
“Knickety, knackety, knock, 
Little door, unlock!” 

And the door flew open. 

Soft Soap Man 

took out a bone 
and gave it to the Dog. 

Then Soft Soap Man said, 
“Kittery, kattery, kut, 

Little door, go shut!” 


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And the door flew shut. 


On and on they rolled, 
until they met a Cat. 

Soft Soap Man said, 

“Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, 
Where have you been?” 

“I have been to London, 

To visit the Queen.” 

“Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, 
What did you there?” 

“I frightened a little Mouse 
Under her chair. 

It ran away, and I am looking 


for it now.” 


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“Never mind,” said Soft Soap Man, 
“I will give you a Mouse.” 

He looked at the Rolling Pin 
and said, 

“Knickety, knackety, knock, 
Little door, unlock!” 

And the door flew open. 

Soft Soap Man 

took out a Mouse 
and gave it to the Cat. 

Then Soft Soap Man said, 

“Kittery, kattery, kut, 

Little door, go shut!” 

And the door flew shut. 


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Next they saw an Old Woman 
beside a queer little house. 
The Old Woman was crying. 
“Why, this is the Old Woman 
Who Lives in a Shoe. 

She has so many children! 


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She doesn’t know what to do.” 


“Oh, my!” said Soft Soap Man. 
“This will never do! 

Knickety, knackety, knock, 
Little door, unlock!” 

And the door flew open. 

He took some bread and gave it 
to the Old Woman. 
“Kittery, kattery, kut, 

Little door, go shut!” 

Then they rolled and rolled, 

And rolled down the hill. 
And, as far as I know, 

They are rolling still. 


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Big Lion and Little Mouse 

Once there was a Little Mouse. 
One day he said, 

“I will go to the forest.” 

So away he went. 

He ran and. ran and ran. 


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By and by he came to the forest. 

There he met a Big Lion. 

Big Lion caught Little Mouse. 

“Now I will eat you, 

Little Mouse!” said Big Lion. 

“Oh, please do not eat me, 

Big Lion. 

I may be able to help you 

some day,” said Little Mouse. 

“Ha, Ha!” laughed Big Lion. 

“Well, be off with you, Mouse. 

You are too small for me to eat,” 
said Big Lion. 

How Little Mouse ran! 


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One day Big Lion was caught 
in a net. 

“Help! Help!” called Big Lion. 

“What shall I do? 

What shall I do?” 

“I will help you, Big Lion,” 
said Little Mouse. 

How Little Mouse worked! 

He gnawed and gnawed at the net. 

At last Big Lion was free. 

“Thank you, Little Mouse. 

You saved my life,” said Big Lion. 

Big Lion and Little Mouse 
were friends ever after. 


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Polly’s Tea Party 

Polly gave a Tea Party. 
Marjory Daw was there. 
Jack and Jill were there. 
Tommy Tinker and his dog 
were there, too. 

They all came early. 

Tommy Tinker said, 

“Let us play.” 

“Let us play Seesaw,” 
said Marjory Daw. 

So they all played Seesaw. 

Then Tommy said, 

“Now let us have tea.” 


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“I will put the kettle on,” 
said Polly 

“But who will get the water?” 

“Not I,” said Tommy Tinker. 

“Not I,” said Marjory Daw. 

“We will,” said Jack and Jill. 

“We will get the water.” 

So Jack and Jill ran up the hill 
to bring a pail of water. 

Jack fell down, 

and Jill fell down. 

But they didn’t spill the water! 

Then Polly put the kettle on, 
and they all had tea. 


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“We must go home now/’ 
said the children. 

“We have had such a good time 
at your party, Polly. 

Thank you so much 
for the tea.” 


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Gingerbread Dog and 
Peppermint Cat 

Once upon a time 

Jack and Jill went into 
a Candy Shop. 

There they saw 

a Gingerbread Dog 
and a Peppermint Cat. 

Jack bought the Gingerbread Dog. 

Jill bought the Peppermint Cat. 

“We will put them in a sack 
and carry them home,” 
they said. 


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On the way home 
Jack and Jill 
fell down the hill. 

And over into the river 
went the sack 
with the dog and the cat. 


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On and on went the sack 
until it reached the sea. 

“Oh, we shall drown!” 

said the Peppermint Cat. 

“What shall we do?” 

said Gingerbread Dog. 

“Let us both shout together. 

Some one may hear us.” 

So they shouted, 

“Help! Help! Help!” 

Now the Butcher, the Baker 

and the Candy Stick Maker 
had just gone for a sail 
in a tub. 


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They heard the cry. 

Looking around, 

they saw that Gingerbread Dog 
and Peppermint Cat 
were in great danger. 

“We will save you!” they said. 


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Soon the Gingerbread Dog 
and the Peppermint Cat 
were safe in the tub. 

“What are you doing here?” 
said the Baker 
to the Gingerbread Dog. 

“And what are you doing here?” 
said the Candy Stick Maker 
to the Peppermint Cat. 

“Jack and Jill bought us, 
but on the way home 
we fell into the river,” 
said the Gingerbread Dog 
and the Peppermint Cat. 


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“Oh, I see!” said the Baker 

and the Candy Stick Maker. 

“Well, I will take you back 
to Jack and Jill,” 
said the Butcher. 

So they all sailed back in the tub. 

When Jack and Jill saw them 
they cried, 

“Hurrah for the Gingerbread Dog 

And the Peppermint Cat! 

We missed you all 

this long, long day, 

And wondered if you 
had gone to stay.” 


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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater 

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, 

Had a wife but could not keep her; 
He put her in a Pumpkin Shell 

And there he kept her very well. 

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Long, long ago, 

there lived a Little Old Man, 
and his name was Peter. 

Peter lived with a Little Old Woman, 
in a Little Old House. 

One night their house burned down. 

The Little Old Woman 
cried and cried. 

Now the Little Old Man hunted 
until he found 
a Pumpkin Shell. 

Peter said, 

“We can live in this 
Pumpkin Shell very well. 

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Do not cry, Little Old Woman. 

Get into this Pumpkin Shell 
and all will be well. 

Then I will go 

and hunt for something 
to eat.” 




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While he was gone 

White Rabbit came by. 

White Rabbit said, 

“Why do you cry, 

Little Old Woman?” 

“I am crying,” 

said Little Old Woman, 
“because my house burned down, 
and I have nothing 
to eat.” 

Then White Rabbit said, 

“I will cry, too.” 

So White Rabbit cried. 

Just then Tiny Mouse came by. 


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“Why do you cry, White Rabbit?” 
asked Tiny Mouse. 

“I am crying because 

the Little Old Woman is crying. 

And the Little Old Woman 
is crying because her house 
burned down. 

And she has nothing to eat.” 

Then Tiny Mouse said, 

“I will cry, too.” 

So Tiny Mouse cried. 

By and by Sly Fox came along. 

“Why do you cry, Tiny Mouse?” 
asked Sly Fox. 


92 


“I am crying because 

White Rabbit is crying. 

And White Rabbit is crying 

because the Little Old Woman 
is crying. 

And the Little Old Woman 
is crying because 
her house burned down. 

And she has nothing to eat.” 

Sly Fox said, 

“Let me think.” 

Just then he saw the Little Old Man 
coming down the road 
with a sack on his back. 


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Sly Fox said, 

“There may be something 
in that sack to eat. 

Let us all go to meet him.” 

The Little Old Woman said, 
“What do you have 
in your sack?” 

The Little Old Man 

danced and shouted. 

And he sang, 

“Ziggety, zaggety, zare, 

Here is pig and lamb so rare! 
Now let us go back 
And open the sack, 

Ziggety, zaggety, zare!” 


94 


The Death of Cock Robin 

One night Policeman Owl 
was walking through the 
streets of Animal Town. 

The Moonbeams were dancing 
all along the streets. 

They made them as light as day. 

Policeman Owl looked up 
and down the streets. 

With his big round eyes, 
he saw a strange sight. 

There lay Cock Robin, 

shot through the heart, 
with an arrow. 


95 


“Who, who killed Cock Robin?” 

said Policeman Owl. 

So, 

First he leaped 
and then he flew, 

To see if anybody knew, 
Who killed Cock Robin. 

“Stop, stop, who goes there?” 

said Policeman Owl. 

“It is I,” said Dancing Bear. 

“Do you know 

Cock Robin is dead?” 
asked Policeman Owl. 

Dancing Bear shook his head. 



Then he said, 

“Too bad, too bad! 

How sad, how sad! 

Let us go to Judge Pig. 

Maybe he can help us.” 

“Maybe he can,” said Policeman Owl. 


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So. 


First they leaped 
and then they ran, 

Until they came to Judge Pig, 
and they both began, 

“Do you know Cock Robin 
is dead? 

Who killed him?” 

Judge Pig shook his head, 
and said, 

“Too bad, too bad! 

How sad, how sad! 

It was not Black Cat, 

for he went by with his fiddle. 


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It was not Cow, 

for there she is now. 

Let us go and ask Sparrow. 

It may be he shot him 

with his bow and arrow.” 


So, 


First they leaped, 
and then they ran, 

Until they came 
to the Sparrow, 
and they all began, 

“Did you kill Cock Robin? 

Did you shoot him, Sparrow, 
with your bow and arrow?” 


99 


The Sparrow hung his head. 
“Yes, I did it,” he said. 

“I killed Cock Robin. 

I shot him dead 

with my bow and arrow.” 

The Animals shook their heads, 
and said, 

“Too bad, too bad! 

How sad, how sad!” 

Then, 

All the birds of the air, 

Fell a-sighing and a-sobbing, 
When they heard Sparrow say 
He had killed Cock Robin. 


100 


Santa’s Visit 



It was Christmas morning. 
Happy day! 


Jack ran downstairs 

to see if Santa Claus 

had filled his stocking. 
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The toys were all around 
the Christmas tree. 

There sat Betty playing 

with a doll that looked 
like a real baby. 

When she saw Jack she shouted, 

“Come and see what Santa 
has left for us!” 

There stood a dear little airplane 
just big enough for two. 

“Hurrah for dear old Santa!” 
said Jack. 

“Just what we asked him 
to bring us! 


102 


We’ll ride our plane 
up in the air 
To see the moon fairies 
blink and stare, 

Dancing bears and elephants, 
too. 

It may be we’ll bring home 
a few.” 

And Betty said, 

“Our plane is red, 

Our plane is new. 

When we go up in it, 

Dolly goes too.” 

“Let us take a ride now!” 
said Betty. 


103 


“No, let us wait until bedtime,” 
said Jack. 

“Then no one will see us hop off.” 
“And no one will hear us 
when the radio is going,” 
said Betty. 

“Mother will be listening 
in on K. D. K. A. 

And Father will be reading to see 
what the news is . to-day.” 


But neither Betty nor Jack 
remembered about 
Mr. Sandman, who always 
came to their house at night. 


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Just when they were ready 
to hop off he dropped 
some sand into their eyes. 

Oh, my! How they rubbed 
and rubbed! 

Well, 

The little moon fairies 
did blink and stare, 
But not at the airplane 
red. 

They were looking 

at two tired children, 
Each asleep 

in a little white bed. 


106 



Bunny Long Ears 

Once there was a little Bunny. 
Bunny had two long, long ears. 
Bunny had two pretty pink eyes. 
And Bunny had four little feet 
that went hop, hop, hop! 


107 




His name was Bunny Long Ears. 
He lived in a pretty Bunny Book. 
Bunny Long Ears loved to have 
all the children look at him. 

One day he said to himself, 

“I must do something nice 
for all my little friends.” 

So, with 

a flip and a flop 

and a skip and a hop, 

out he jumped from the book. 

As he hopped past the big tree 
he heard Policeman Owl say, 
“Who, who—who goes there?” 


108 


“It is I, Bunny Long Ears. 

“0 Policeman Owl, 

I want to do something nice 
for all the little children 
who love me so much. 

What can I do? 

You are wise. 

Can you not tell me?” 

“Why, yes, indeed, Bunny. 

I know the very thing! 

Easter is coming. 

All the children love Easter time. 

Hen Pen will be glad 

to give you some pretty eggs. 


109 


Lady Spring will give you 

some pretty spring flowers. 
All the little people 

of the woods will help you. 
Take each of your little friends 
a pretty egg 

and some spring flowers.” 

“Good, good!” said Bunny. 

So, with 

a flip and a flop 

and a skip and a hop, 

off ran Bunny Long Ears. 

As he ran along 

he met Lady Spring. 


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“0 Lady Spring, I want to do 

something nice for the children. 

Will you give me 

some spring flowers for them?” 

“Why, Bunny Long Ears, 

these flowers are just waiting 
for some one to take them. 

You may have all you can carry.” 

So, with 

a flip and a flop 
and a skip and a hop, 

Bunny Long Ears picked 
all the flowers he could carry. 

Then on he ran through the woods. 


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Soon he saw Hen Pen. 

“0 Hen Pen, I want to do 

something nice for the children. 
Will you help me? 

“Lady Spring gave me 
these pretty flowers. 


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"Will you give me some 
of your pretty eggs?” 

“Cluck, cluck, help yourself,” 
said Hen Pen. 

“0 thank you, dear Hen Pen. 

I know the children love you, too.” 

So Bunny took all the eggs 
he could carry. 

“I will ask my little friends 
of the woods to help me 
make a basket. 

Then I can carry the flowers 

and the eggs to the children.” 

Soon the basket was made. 


113 


“When it is dark,” said Bunny, 

“I shall call at the home 
of all my little friends. 

I shall leave some pretty flowers 
and a pretty egg for each one. 

Then they will know that 

Bunny Long Ears loves them 
and thinks of them 
at Easter time.” 

What a busy bunny he was 
that night! 

Early next morning 

he came back to his home 
in the pretty Bunny Book. 


114 


So, with 

a flip and a flop 

and a skip and a hop, 

back he jumped into the book. 

He was a tired, but happy bunny. 

If you care to see him, just look 
into your pretty Bunny Book. 

You will see his two long, long ears, 
and his two pretty pink eyes, 
and his four little feet 
that go hop, hop, hop! 



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Two Little Squirrels 

One day when the Old Woman 
Who Lived in the 
Pumpkin Shell 
was walking in the woods, 
she saw two Baby Squirrels. 

They felt very sad because 

their mother had gone away 
and had never come back. 

“I will take you home with me,” 
said the Old Woman. 

“There is plenty of room 
in the Pumpkin Shell.” 


116 



So she put the two Baby Squirrels 
in her apron pocket 
and carried them home. 

They liked the Pumpkin Shell. 


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And soon the Baby Squirrels 

learned to play “Hide and Seek” 
and other games. 

At night they slept 

in the Old Woman’s pocket. 

They always found some nuts there. 

One day the Old Woman borrowed 
the Rolling Pin 
from the Soft Soap Man. 

She made some cookies 
for the Baby Squirrels. 

That night she was tired 
and went to bed early. 

After a while she heard a noise. 


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The Old Man heard the noise, too. 

They jumped out of bed 
and ran downstairs. 

There lay the Rolling Pin 
on the floor. 

The little squirrels 
had been hungry. 

They could not find any nuts. 

So they started to nibble 
the handles of the 
Rolling Pin. 

The Rolling Pin was very angry. 

It rolled over and over 

till it came to the door. 


119 



The noise frightened 
the little squirrels. 

They ran and hid 

in the Old Woman’s pocket. 
There she found them. 


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“I think they would rather 
live in the woods,” 
said the Old Man. 

The next morning he put them 
up in the branches 
of a tall tree. 

Every day the Old Man 
and the Old Woman 
would go for a walk 
in the woods. 

They would always put some nuts 
on the ground under the tree 
where the little squirrels 
could get them. 


121 


A Rainy Day 

“Rain, rain, go away! 

Don’t you know 

we can’t go out to play 
when you keep on raining 
so hard?” 

All the little children in 
Miss Lolly Pop’s school 
looked sad. 

“What is all this? 

What is all this?” 

said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“Why, dear Miss Lolly Pop, 
just look at the rain! 


122 



It rains and rains 

as if it would never stop! 
We wanted to go out to play, 
We cannot play in the rain. 
Now our fun is all spoiled.” 


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“No, no, children,” 

said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“We can have some fun in school. 

How would you like to make 
a Zoo?” 

“Oh, fine! fine!” said the 
little folks. 

“Where will we get our animals?” 

“Never mind the animals,” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“They are all here, 

ready and waiting to go 
into their proper places.” 

“Goody! goody! let us hurry.” 


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“We’ll make places for them,” 
said the children. 

Boy Blue made a cage 
for the lions. 

Tommy Tucker made a cage 
for the tigers. 

Mary Contrary made a den 
for the bears. 

They all helped. 

In a short time 

there were places ready 
for all the animals. 

“Now, we are all ready, 

Miss Lolly Pop!” 


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And what do you think 

Miss Lolly Pop gave them? 

A big box of Animal Crackers! 

How the children did shout! 

In a short time 

every animal was in its place 
looking as pleased as could be. 

“Look, children, look! 

Look through the window!” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

There was the sun shining 
as brightly as ever. 

“We don’t care, Miss Lolly Pop,” 
said the children. 


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“We don’t care! 

We would much rather have 
our lovely Animal Cracker 
Zoo.” 


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The Last Day of School 

Soft Soap Man said, 

“I must visit the school. 

This is the last day.” 

He jumped on his Rolling Pin 
and said, 

“Roll me to school! 

Roll me to school! 

I must see if the children 
have kept every rule.” 

Rolling Pin rolled down the hill. 

He soon came to the school. 

There he met Miss Lolly Pop, 
the teacher. 


128 


Miss Lolly Pop said, 

“Come in, Soft Soap Man. 

We are glad to see you.” 

Soft Soap Man looked around 
the room. 

There sat the Old Woman 
Who Lived in the Shoe. 

She came to see her children 
and to meet the folks 
she knew. 

There sat Raggedy Man 

with his wig and his wag. 

The children were all looking 
at his queer leather bag. 


129 


There sat the Old Woman 
Who Lived in the Shell. 

The Old Man came with her. 
Both seemed very well. 

There, too, near the door, 
was Judge Pig. 

Just then the door opened 
and in marched the 
Tin Soldiers. 

The children were so excited! 

They all stood up and said, 

“Little Tin Soldiers 
standing in a row, 

Marching along to the music, so. 


130 


They march to the left, 

They march to the right; 

If the music doesn’t stop, 
They will march all night.” 

“How do you do, Tin Soldiers?” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“Perhaps the Captain 
will make a speech.” 

“No,” said the Captain, 

“we are not on parade. 

We were sent to give 

a Tooth Brush Drill. 

How many children have brushed 
their teeth this morning?” 


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“Oh! they all have,” 

said Miss Lolly Pop. 

“But what is that queer noise?” 
asked the Captain. 

“It sounds like some one crying.” 

“Oh! it is Old Rag Doll,” 
cried the children. 

“She is trying to hide 
under the seat.” 

“Did you run away again, 

Old Rag Doll?” 
asked the Tin Soldiers. 

“Well, we will take you 
back with us.” 


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“Let us sing our songs/’ 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 
So they sang the songs 
that they liked best. 


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“Judge Pig may give out 
the promotion cards,” 
said Miss Lolly Pop. 

The children came up 

to Judge Pig, who said, 

“I see you did very well, 
as each card will tell.” 

Then Soft Soap Man said, 

“Now we will all take a ride 
on my Rolling Pin. 

We are going to see Lady Spring.” 

The children laughed and shouted 
as they climbed on the 
Rolling Pin. 


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They rode and rode 

until they saw Lady Spring. 

She gave them 

many forget-me-nots. 

Then they thanked Lady Spring 
and the Soft Soap Man. 

They said good-by 

to dear Miss Lolly Pop, 
and sang as they ran, 
“School is over, 

Hooray! Hooray! 

We need do nothing 
But play all day!” 


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ABOUT THE BOOK 


These stories are intended for reading in the last 
half of the first year or the first half of the second 
year. They are built around nursery rhymes and a 
number of original characters. The stories have been 
tried out successfully in both the first and second 
grades with many groups of children, and have proved 
so interesting to them that they have requested them 
retold from time to time. 

The stories were written with two aims in view: 

First, to create a desire to read. 

Second, to establish the proper habits and skills 

in reading. 

This desire to read, it has been found by the authors, 
is created naturally on the part of the child by stories 
true to child life, enlivened with imagination and rich 
in action. 

As to habits and skills, experiments with different 
groups have shown that it is possible to develop ability 
to work out new words and meanings through context, 
association, phonetic analysis and unusual rhyming. 
Through these stories a social sense has been developed, 
necessary at this time in the child’s school life, by 
dramatization, illustration, modeling, movies, puppet 
plays and pantomimes. 


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Values evolved by comparison with other groups in 
the classroom in the use of these stories: 

1. Increase of speed due to the length of lin e. 

2. Longer concentration due to the interest¬ 

ing material. 

3. A desire on the part of the child to share 

the stories with others. 

4. Tests have shown that the content matter 

is easily retained. 

The vocabulary contains a total of 598 different 
words, not counting proper names. Checked against 
the accepted word lists, the}^ are grouped as follows: 

Gates word list for primary grades—316 words 
are in the first 500, 138 words are in the 
second 500, 82 words are in the third 500. 
There are 62 words outside of the above lists. 

Thorndike's word list—the vocabulary shows 
247 words that fall within the first 500, 72 
words within the second 500, 40 within the 
third 500 and 10 within the fifth 500. 

Twenty-fourth Year Book—364 words are in 
this fist. 

Dr. Yocum's List—243 words are in this list. 

The others are words that can be easily built 
up through phonetics. J A H 

L. M.E. 


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